Ellery Hale George epub The New Heavens (Classic Reprint)

The Study of Stellar Evolution (U niversity of Chicago Press, 1908), I attempted to give in untechnical language an account of some modern methods of astrophysical research. This hook is now out of print, and the rapid progress of science has left it completely out of date. As I have found no opportunity to prepare a new edition, or to write another hook of similar purpose, I have adopted the simpler expedient of contributing occasional articles on recent developments to Scribner sM agazine, three of which are included in the present volume. I am chiefly indebted, for the illustrations, to theM ount Wilson Observatory and the present and former members of its staff whose names appear in the captions. Special thanks are due toM r. Ferdinand Ellerman, who made all of the photographs of the observatory buildings and instruments, and prepared all material for reproduction. The cut of the original Cavendish apparatus is copied from the Philosophical Transactions for 1798 with the kind permission of the Royal Society, and I am also indebted to the Royal Society and toP rofessor Fowler andF ather Cortie for the privilege of reproducing from the Proceedings two illustrations of their spectroscopic results. ,,-, TT j. ri. H. January,(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org